California Code of Regulations
Title 17 - Public Health
Division 4 - California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Chapter 2 - Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards
Section 100090 - Special Considerations for CIRM-Funded Procurement, Derivation and Transplantation

Universal Citation: 17 CA Code of Regs 100090

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) Where CIRM funds are to be used for research intended to derive a covered stem cell line, the SCRO committee must determine or the designated institutional official must certify the applicable requirements of Code of California Regulations, title 17, section 100080, subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3), have been met subject to the following:

(1) For embryos created before November 22, 2006 consent exclusively from oocyte donors is sufficient provided the sperm donor cannot be identified and the donation was made in accordance with the legal requirements in force at the place and time of donation.

(2) For gametes or embryos, procured from human subjects, after November 22, 2006, the SCRO committee must confirm that donors provided voluntary and informed consent in accordance with Code of California Regulations, title 17, section 100100, subdivision (b).

(3) For research involving the use of embryos originally created using in vitro fertilization for reproductive purposes, the physician performing oocyte retrieval or attending physician responsible for infertility treatment may not be the CIRM-funded Principal Investigator (as defined in title 17, California Code of Regulations, section 100500) unless the SCRO committee has approved an exemption from this requirement.

(4) For human somatic cells, procured from human subjects after November 22, 2006, and the CIRM-funded research is designed to develop cells for transplantation into a live born human, the SCRO committee must confirm that donors provided voluntary and informed consent including the requirements of Code of California Regulations, title 17, section 100100, subdivision (b)(1)(E).

(b) CIRM funds may not be use to provide valuable consideration to donors of gametes, embryos, somatic cells or tissue. This provision does not prohibit reimbursement for permissible expenses as defined in California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 100200, subdivision (h).

(c) The modification of an acceptably derived stem cell line shall not be considered a CIRM-funded derivation.

1. New section filed 10-10-2006; operative 11-22-2006 (Register 2006, No. 41).
2. Repealer and new section filed 5-30-2008; operative 6-29-2008 (Register 2008, No. 22).
3. Amendment of section heading and subsection (a), new subsections (a)(1)-(4) and repealer and new subsection (b) filed 6-29-2010; operative 7-29-2010 (Register 2010, No. 27).

Note: Authority cited: Article XXXV, California Constitution; and Section 125290.40(j), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 125290.35, 125290.40 and 125290.55, Health and Safety Code.

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